Another look at Kalakala before it "parts" ways

March 12, 2015

(Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives)

The news about this week’s upcoming sale of parts of the Kalakala, the iconic ferry boat that recently was scrapped in Tacoma, is generating buzz among fans of the unique-looking silver vessel. The parts sale is taking place Friday and Saturday in a Parkland storage yard. Never being ones to miss out on connecting to current news, our State Archives staff dusted off these photos of the Kalakala before it was transformed into relics. The top one features the boat in its glory days decades ago when it shuttled passengers and vehicles across Puget Sound. The bottom photo shows the Kalakala as it is being taken apart in a Tacoma shipyard this January.

(Photo courtesy of Benjamin Helle)

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